We're just coming to the end of a lovely extension project in leafy Redbourn.
Our delightful client is due to give birth any week now, so we're clearing out and leaving her in peace and quiet.
The project involved removing the garage roof, building the walls up to regulation height, and building a single storey extension across the back of the house.
Keeping the pitch effect inside the house, and with two large velux windows, the new, extended, living area/kitchen is a beautifully bright family space now.

Well, its 2014. 2013 was quite a year.
We finished the year with a few lovely projects that all concluded before santa came. This is a pic of an external porchway that was converted to internal, so as to double the size of the hall. You can see the detailing of the brickwork to net in with the original archway.
Aside from this, we successfully completed the LGS project, from my previous blog. A very satisfied customer and a very grateful me, to the RSPCA, for rescuing a cat we found hiding in the floor void.

Actually, a little story from December. A couple called me up, as they were having extensive building works done at their home. The builder had asked them to find their own plumber, so they hired an independent gas engineer to convert their gravity fed boiler/cylinder to an unvented system, and to lay 30sqm of underfloor heating. Unfortunately, this tradesman let them down and left them without the required hardware and mid-build. So we turned up, agreed a price for the works and supplied and fitted a new Vaillant boiler, megaflow cylinder and all the UFH. A relieved, warm and very grateful customer went into xmas period with very happy builders, who could now complete their works too.

Now, as 2014 kicks off in earnest, we are looking forward to several building projects and aiming to focus on loft and garage conversions in the early part of the year. We'll see what 2014 brings.......

So, I realised I haven't posted a blog in a while. The last few months have been a bit special. On a personal note, my third son, Daniel, was born 9 weeks ago. Whilst on the professional side, business has been bouncing along. We have completed several bathrooms, kitchens and refurbs over the summer months and I have posted some of these pics on my gallery page/facebook page. We have just started a really exciting project, in Letchworth Garden City. It is a property that was once two semi detached houses. There are 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4 reception rooms, two stairwells, a study and a second kitchen. When we've finished there'll be a grand master suite, including dressing rooms and en suite bathroom. There'll also be a main family bathroom and 2 more ensuites. The whole house is being redecorated, plastered, skimmed and refurbed. I'll post pics as we go.
Aside from that, I have managed to recruit some more really top class, highly skilled guys. Working as a core team of tradesmen, we have a specialist plumber/electrician, builder, tiler, decorator, plasterer as well as multitraders to help the projects along. Currently have 8-12 guys a day in Letchworth, driving this project on to a fantastic pre-xmas conclusion.

So far, 2013 has been an incredibly fast paced period. AMPHS has developed and expanded in so many ways. Unfortunately, my hands-on-tools time has reduced, but as I manage each site, and supervise each project step by step, I still get that same thrill from seeing the projects grow from design to completion. 
I have so much confidence and trust in my teams, that I really feel equipped to deliver the clients' expectations, even though I have had to surrender some control to those actually manning the tools now.
Those who know me well, will understand how I hate surrendering control! :)
Thankfully, I now have much more time, to be able to communicate with my clients, driving each project forward. Ensuring all works meet my own high standards, and above all else, making sure all my clients are satisfied.
All in all, 2013 has started in a really exciting manner....I can't wait to see whats coming next!

Well, the snow is here to test us again.

Well, I haven't added anything to my blog for quite a while now, but I just had to tell you all about a project we've just finished in Kilburn.